BETULA. Birch 
These arc general favorites as specimen or avenue trees. They thrive even 
in the poorest soils and in the most exposed situations. 
B. alba. European White Weeping Birch. ( Lr) A graceful tree, with 
silvery bark and slender branches ; quite erect when young, but after four or 
five years’ growth assumes an elegant drooping habit, rendering the tree very 
effective. (See plate on page 42.) 
B. alba, var. fastigiata. Pyramidal White Birch. {Mm) An interesting 
and valuable tree ; in habit as columnar as the Lombardy poplar. 
B. alba, var. laciniata pendula. Weeping Cut-leaved White Birch. 
One of the most popular and worthy lawn trees. A strictly upright growth of 
the leader, yet the side branches are so slim as to droop in a most picturesque 
manner. The foliage is deeply cut and very effective. The bark peels and 
becomes of the purest silvery white. 
B. alba, var. Youngii. Young’s Weeping Birch. (D s) A very com¬ 
pact weeping form, of elegant habit. 
B. alba, var. purpurea. Purple Birch. (Mm) A good form with dark 
purplish foliage and white bark. 
B. lenta. Sweet, Black or Cherry Birch. (L r) A good grower, with 
dark bark, closely resembling the wild cherry. Leaves heart-shaped and shin¬ 
ing bright green. 
B. lutea. Yellow Birch. (L r) Closely resembles B. lenta> but leaves are 
not as bright a green and are more downy beneath. Bark yellowish silver- 
gray. A good grower and a handsome tree. 
B. populifolia. American White Birch. {Mr) A small, graceful tree, 
thriving in poor and dry soils. Bark grayish white; not as silvery as C B. alba. 
B. papyrifera. Paper, or Canoe Birch. {Lr) Of vigorous, upright 
habit of growth, with broad foliage and pure white bark when the tree is four 
inches or more in diameter. A tree of first-class ornamental character. 
B. nigra; syn..rubra. Red Birch. {Lr) A moisture-loving tree of grace¬ 
ful, slender habit; densely branched; foliage light. Remarkable for its torn 
and ragged bark, and one of the handsomest of the Birches. 
B ROU S SONETIA. 
B. papyrifera. Paper Mulberry. {M v) 
tree with greenish gray bark blotched with 
deeply lobed. 
M ulb erry 
A picturesque round-headed 
brown; the leaves are large and 
CARPINUS. Hornbeam 
C. Amen cana; syn., Caroliniana. American Hornbeam. (Ms) A 
somtU^Te e S emhl« e ^° f k enS u e . growth ' formin E a round head. The foliage 
the fall md rermin' S 1C b l ech ’ 1S a g00c * green > turning to bronzy yellow in 
kv si ulr am, n ng 0,1 th n tree ! 1Carl >- al > A valuable tree for dry, 
rocky situations. Docs well in the shade, and is a first-class hedge plant. 
ofn 1 o U re\wiarSh H °U b ?a m - lf. s) R « emb les C. Americana, but 
ggy growth and holds its foliage later in the winter. 
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